Settlement Association

[LSWR Cavalier]

Dovercourt is also nowhere near a better-known place with a similar name

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dovercourt is also nowhere near a better-known place with a similar name

The only other settlement with that name is one on the east coast of England.....is that the one you refer to above?

If so, St Osyth in Essex was also once under the jurisdiction of the Tendring Poor Law Union.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Dover, I was thinking of, 'a better known place'
Thought of Dovers Hill first (cycling uphill) actually, but that is not a settlement
Dovercourt is by Harwich

OK?

Please correct if I have broken the rules

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dover, I was thinking of, 'a better known place'
Thought of Dovers Hill first (cycling uphill) actually, but that is not a settlement
Dovercourt is by Harwich

OK?

Please correct if I have broken the rules

No you have not, as Dovercourt in Essex is a valid settlement and one that I then responded to with St Osyth.

 

[John Griffiths]

Legend records that St Osgyth, after whom St Osyth was named, was beheaded by an assailant and that a spring appeared where her head fell to the ground. A similar story is told of St Winifrede: St Winifrede's Well is a popular shrine at Holywell in Flintshire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ferneyhalgh in Lancashire is another settlement where pilgrimages were made in past times.

 

[John Griffiths]

The Catholic shrine at Carfin in Lanarkshire also has a very large collection of relics.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Motherwell also has a church that is dedicated to St Francis Xavier.

 

[Springs Branch]

In the TV series The Thick Of It, whilst referring to a particularly nasty political fracas, angry Scottish protagonist Jamie McDonald announces ".... it's like a pub fight! Motherwell Rules!"

A more established and gentlemanly fighting code was that proposed by the 9th Marquess of Queensbury, whose ancestral seat was at the Dumfriesshire village of Cummertrees.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Cults in Fife is another settlement where a lime works was established.

 

[John Griffiths]

The parish church of Walcot in Lincolnshire also has a hagioscope (known also as a squint or lepers' window).

 

[hst43102]

Harpenden also contains a church dedicated to St Nicholas.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chester also has Roman building remains within its environs.

 

[hst43102]

Plymouth also has an open top bus sightseeing tour.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ellesmere Port also has a noted aquarium.

 

[hst43102]

Dagenham also has a major oil terminal.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wanstead was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of Becontree.

 

[hst43102]

Winston Churchill, who was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, was MP of Wanstead and Woodford from 1945 to 1964.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Eastnor also has a stately home in a beautiful landscape park

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Perth also has a church that is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

 

[hst43102]

Melbourne (Derbyshire) is also the name of another Australian city.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hay=on-Wye also hosts an annual arts festival

 

[John Griffiths]

Wigtown, in Dumfries and Galloway, is also a 'National Book Town' in recognition of its large number of second-hand bookshops.

Sorry, for some reason I can no longer do bold type on this site.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Dunblane also has a Quaker Meeting House.

 

[ainsworth74]

Sorry, for some reason I can no longer do bold type on this site.

It should still be available by hitting the large 'B':



If it's greyed out like below:



Then hit the cog on the far right of the formatting bar:



And that should re-enable it

 

[John Griffiths]

Thank you very much, ainsworth!

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Wimbledon also has some connection to tennis

 

[John Griffiths]

From 1864 To 1871 unsuccessful attempts were made to enclose and develop Wimbledon Common by the Lord of the Manor, the 5th Earl Spencer, who was born at Spencer House in St James, London.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Edinburgh also has noted art galleries.

 

[John Griffiths]

Durham also has botanical gardens.